Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

Soaringly pointless. No point to it whatsoever. I looked. I looked everywhere for a point, even under my cinema seat. But I came up empty-handed. It's 90 minutes of sheer, total, utter pointlessness.

The movie version of Cirque Du Soleil comes alive when the troupe are showing off their stunts - it's just a shame about the bits in between.

The biggest flaw of Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away is that it's not really a movie at all. It's more like a super-long commercial for the Canadian entertainment company.

A drippy linking story only reinforces the concert video feel, and it inevitably lacks the spark of live performance.

A stronger storyline might have helped.

The female lead only says one word during Worlds Away: "Help". I know exactly how she feels.

Beauty can capture an audience's attention, but stories are still what hold it.

...it's a tourism brochure, a very long, very sparkly infomercial for one-handed pushups...

Designed as pure confection for the eyes, this largely wordless fare is perfect for kids (how many G-rated films are there around?) and for any stressed-out office worker eager for something to unwind to.

The miracle of the live Cirque du Soleil experience simply does not translate into film. I felt as though I had been invited to an extravagant banquet and while I was able to admire what was on offer, I never got close enough to satisfy my appetite